Fair-trade coffee is everywhere. Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts – even Wal-Mart – proudly feature beans they bought at a higher, "fair" price that pays growers a living wage. You get good coffee.

Start small by buying coffee with a fair trade label, which is typically located at one of the bottom corners on the bag’s front. Or, if you’re a specialty coffee drinker and are ready to nerd ...

Even though coffee prices are five times higher than they were 10 years ago, buying sometimes bitter-tasting, expensive fair-trade beans may not help reduce poverty. Advertisement ...

Well, fair and direct trade coffee are a good place to start. In short, coffee with a fair trade certification means that the seller acquired the coffee beans at a higher-than-market-rate price ...

Fair trade, direct trade or organic Some labels will say whether the coffee is fair trade, a general certification that indicates the importer or roaster pays a premium above base commodity prices.

Jump To Our Picks. What is Fair Trade Espresso? Why Does it Matter? Unfortunately, the coffee bean industry is known to be one of the largest sites of forced labor across the globe.

Corvus doesn’t sell coffee beans certified as Fairtrade because Goodlaxson doesn’t think the certification gives farmers the financial support and product recognition they deserve.

Daniel Jaffee is committed to drinking a more ethical cup of coffee. A devoted imbiber, he not only refuses to patronize Starbucks, but also insists on buying his beans from retailers who ...

First, there’s the electricity that arrived only three months ago. And then there’s the stretch of dirt road that the village paved itself so trucks could climb the steep mountainside t… ...

La Barba Coffee, which serves a mix of fair-trade, direct-trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified coffees, will move into a space near the Olympic fountain, which is between South Temple and 100 ...

The local coffee roasters, who began experimenting with roasting green coffee beans in a popcorn maker, have become one of most recognized fair-trade brands in the Mankato area, with all but one ...